It’s a concerning trend when political differences lead to discussions about withholding medical care. The notion of denying treatment based on political beliefs challenges the very ethics of healthcare.

Recently, Florida nurse Erik Martindale sparked controversy with a contentious Facebook post stating, “I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my education.” He further emphasized his autonomy by saying, “I own all of my own businesses and I can refuse anyone!”

Following the backlash, Martindale claimed his social media accounts had been hacked, asserting that the inflammatory posts were not his own doing.

This incident raises questions about how Martindale might identify patients’ political affiliations. Does he directly ask them about their voting history, delve into their social media profiles, or scrutinize their political contributions? Perhaps he even examines their vehicles for political bumper stickers.

One might wonder if he plans to enlist someone like Lexie Lawler to aid him in such investigations.

The labor and delivery nurse at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Florida was fired last week after she took to social media to wish bodily harm to pregnant White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

In a video referencing Leavitt’s upcoming delivery, Lawler boldly said; “I hope you f–king rip from bow to stern and never s–t normally again, you c–t.”

Would you trust this lady to help deliver your baby?

Apply that exclusionary, wicked policy to skin color, religion or ethnicity and you would be, well, a bigot.

But because the left claims a monopoly on compassion, they truly see this all as a righteous act.

In reality, not only are expressions like Lawler’s a gross violation of oath, they erode the foundation of our civilized society.

Even stranger, these people are unhinged enough to publicly proclaim their prejudice, perhaps because they think everyone decent agrees with their twisted worldview.

Of course, two rogue nurses do not represent an entire honorable occupation — one that has long been associated with superhuman compassion.

But there seems to be a troubling rise in mixing politics and medical care.

Just last week, three NYPD plainclothes detectives were reportedly hassled by staff at NYU Langone in Cobble Hill because the healthcare workers mistook them for ICE agents.

They went into the ER after being spat on by a drug suspect, and what should have been a routine visit quickly went south.

Two of the detectives “heard members of the hospital staff say something to the effect of believing they were ICE and that they should [seek] care elsewhere,” according to the department.

(The hospital later expressed “regret for how the situation was handled and reaffirmed our commitment to continue providing the highest quality care to the New York Police Department and all law enforcement agencies.”)

Last year two pathetic nurses in Sydney, Australia, were sacked after bragging on TikTok that they would kill Israeli patients. There have been other doctors fired for posting antisemitic rants that call into question their ability to render care without bias.

Meanwhile, Israeli doctors regularly care for Palestinian patients — not because they align politically, but because the practitioners recognize that the patients are human and deserve care. An oath means something to them.

Just last week, I had a conversation with another person who is also publicly right of center. They recently had surgery and, when asked by medical staff what they did for a living, they kept their answer vague lest anyone be triggered by a difference in opinion.

It sounds paranoid, but I understood it.

When I had a minor procedure last year, the chatty anesthesiologist asked what I did for a living. I first said I wrote. After a serious of follow up questions, I said I worked for “The Post.”

He asked which one: New York or Washington? When I said New York, he went on a rant about how cowardly the Washington Post was to not endorse Kamala Harris for the presidency.

Well, I am on record as saying that Harris was the worst candidate ever — and this man was about to inject me with sleepy-time juice.

I assume he was simply making small talk, and I kind of laughed to myself and forgot about it.

But it certainly didn’t make me clamor for more of his partisan bedside manner.

We’re living in very charged times, but we should be able to agree on one thing: Doctors and nurses should never apply a political purity test to decide if someone deserves medical care.